Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by crafting malicious web pages. Attackers can trick logged-in administrators into visiting a malicious site that submits POST requests to the user edit endpoint to create new admin accounts with arbitrary credentials.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact Low

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Wowza Media Systems, LLC. Wowza Streaming Engine affected
Version Status Constraints
4.5.0 affected —

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5341.php cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40134 cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wowza-streaming-engine-csrf-via-user-edit-endpoint cve-icon
History

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 contains a cross-site request forgery vulnerability that allows attackers to perform administrative actions by crafting malicious web pages. Attackers can trick logged-in administrators into visiting a malicious site that submits POST requests to the user edit endpoint to create new admin accounts with arbitrary credentials.
Title Wowza Streaming Engine 4.5.0 CSRF via user edit endpoint
First Time appeared Wowza
Wowza streaming Engine
Weaknesses CWE-352
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wowza:streaming_engine:4.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wowza
Wowza streaming Engine
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-15T18:34:22.874Z

Reserved: 2026-03-15T18:22:19.349Z

Link: CVE-2016-20035

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